# Minutes Later - Karakura Town | Mitsumiya, Urahara Shop #
Chad and Tatsuki were sitting watching Inoue who looked like she was having a nightmare and was mumbling incoherently.
Chad: "...Is this normal...?"
Tatsuki: "She does that sometimes…I wouldn't get so close if I were you…" - She warned when she saw that Chad had his face close to the redhead, worried that she was having a nightmare.
As a result, Inoue suddenly woke up, headbutting Chad.
Orihime: "I said it's impossible!! Huh? Good morning, Tatsuki-chan. Sado-kun."
Chad/Tatsuki: "...Good morning..."
Tatsuki: "You managed to bleed Sado's nose... Your head must be incredibly hard, Orihime..."
Chad: "... You look like you had quite the nightmare…what did you dream about…?"
Orihime: "Ehehe…I can't say…it's a secret, it's a secret…" - She said embarrassed. - "Ah! Where are we anyway? This isn't the school, is it!?"
Tatsuki: "You just realized that now!?"
Urahara: "Oh my, looks like you've finally woken up." - Said the owner of the shop when approaching the three young people.
Orihime: "...Ummm…who…is he…?"
Tatsuki: "We don't know either…but it looks like we were saved by him…"
Chad: "Hmm…now…Inoue is awake too…please talk more about what you were telling us earlier…about the strange power each of us has awakened…and the connection it has with Ichigo…"
Orihime: "—...Kurosaki-kun…? …What about him…?"
# Meanwhile with Yato and Rukia, Karakura Town | Mashiba #
Rukia: "Hadou #4! Byakurai!!"
She launched a small blue ray towards a Hollow, however, the attack did not stop the monster from continuing to attack. When his hand was about to make contact with Rukia, I used one of the threads to cut the Hollow's hand off.
When Rukia spotted "Ichigo", I decided to go down there even though I knew it was Kon.
Upon seeing Rukia, the modified soul tried to jump to hug the little shinigami but ended up trapped in a cat's cradle that I had created on purpose.
Yato: "This Ichigo looks weird…"
Kon: "Hey! What the hell!? Why did you stop me from my reunion with nee-san!!!!??"
Rukia: "Wait…Kon!? Wait, if you're in Ichigo's body it means he's out there as a shinigami, huh."
Yato: "Hum…I'll pretend I understand everything to speed things up, so…Kon…did you come here just to hug Rukia or do you have something important to talk about?" - I commented without bothering to take Kon out of the cat's cradle.
Kon: "Oh, by the way, I have a feeling that Ichigo asked me to do something…"
Rukia: "Then speak up!"
Yato: "If I had to guess…either he asked to look at you or his sisters…or he came to ask to borrow that cell phone of yours since he's terrible at sensing other people's spiritual energy."
Kon: "Hey, Nee-san! Behind you! Behind you!!"
When we turned around, the one who had arrived at the scene was Uryu, who was very out of breath and with the tips of the fingers of his left hand bleeding.
Uryu: "Oh, good…Somehow it looks like this area is safe."
Kon: "What are you talking about!? It was you who started this mess!! You started this fight and now it's going to kill everyone in town!!"
Rukia: "I see…so you're responsible for this…"
Yato: "And apparently, not even you expected that many Hollows."
Uryu: "...You're right..." - He answered hesitantly. Soon he looks in Kon's direction. - "You who are in Ichigo's body, you are also right… I was the one who started all this, however, I will not allow a single person in this city to die. Even if Kurosaki dies, I will protect the people of this city with my life!! With a shinigami observing, if I don't achieve at least that...this fight is meaningless...!"
Yato: "....You know that even though he has powers…Ichigo is still a person who lives in this town…If he dies wouldn't you be failing anyway?"
Kon: "He...has a point."
In the middle of the conversation, a Hollow tried to attack us, however, before Uryu or I could finish him off, the Hollow was split in half by an exaggeratedly large sword.
The one responsible for the attack was Ichigo, who was smiling having found who he was looking for.
Ichigo: "...I finally found you…Ishida!"
Uryu: "Kurosaki…!"
# Back to Urahara Shop #
Chad: "...Wait...just a moment please..."
Urahara: "What is it? Don't you believe me? It's quite outrageous, isn't it?"
Chad: "...Yes..."
Orihime: "Of course…Shinigami Hollow…and such. You can't say those things out of the blue and expect us to believe…"
Tatsuki: "..."
Urahara: "So you deny having witnessed such a thing? After all, the monsters with a hole in their chest that attacked you are those Hollows… If your desire is to deny this conversation… the first thing you need to deny is pain and fear that you felt before."
Tatsuki: "I believe…"
Orihime: "Tatsuki-chan…?"
Tatsuki: "Yato had already told me about all of this…to be more exact, I pressed him a bit to get him to tell me…"
Urahara: "... Curious…"-The shop owner paused in his words as he looked at Tatsuki, as if he was analyzing her. - "...Ichigo Kurosaki...He certainly has an unusual spiritual energy for a shinigami, however, the way he handles this abundant power is quite clumsy..."
Tatsuki: 'In summary…he sucks at this…' - She thought.
Urahara: "...Therefore, without determination, your power just spills out uncontrollably. This spilled energy is so dense that it can consequently affect any spirit. And that's what happened to you two…" - The shop owner seemed to concentrate specifically at Chad and Inoue when saying those words.
Orihime/Chad: "...!!"
Tatsuki: "Wait, what do you mean it's just the two of them? I've also known Ichigo for a long time and now these powers have appeared! Isn't it the same thing?"
Urahara: "Hmm…your case is a little different, Arisawa-san…although it's just my theory…"
Tatsuki: "What do you mean?"
Urahara: "From what I understand, you've known Kurosaki-san longer than these two, which means that the chances of awakening those powers of yours would be much higher, however, you've started to be more connected with the spiritual world recently... almost at the same time as Inoue-san and Sado-kun…"
This information left the girl a little shocked, because if what Urahara was saying was true, it meant that she wasn't affected only by Ichigo.
Urahara: "You might have been affected by Kurosaki-san's spiritual energy just like the two of you…but I think the biggest influence on your powers was caused by Yasakani-san…"
Chad: "...!"
Orihime: "...Yasakani-kun…?"
Tatsuki: "...Yato...?"
Urahara: "What I'm trying to say is that the powers that were born from you, by coming into contact with Ichigo Kurosaki, these powers awakened from the confines of your souls... your natural powers, however, the presence of Yato Yasakani seems to have had a certain influence, causing this process to be more accelerated ... "
Tatsuki: "So you're saying that Yato already knew about this?"
Urahara: "I don't think so. I must confess that Yato Yasakani is…a mystery to me. Yasakani-san didn't seem to have much understanding of the spiritual world until he met Rukia Kuchiki and unlike Kurosaki-san, Yasakani-san's spiritual energy is…exaggeratedly controlled, which means that normally he wouldn't affect others, but it's undeniable that the changes in your powers started when he started going to the same school."
Orihime: "I…don't know if I understood very well…"
Urahara: "It's quite common for you to be confused. These transformations of yours aren't some kind of disease. Take it as if you've been given a key to a door that has appeared before you. If it's unnecessary to know the cause, then it's unnecessary to mourn someone's misfortune. With that key in hand, the decision is entirely yours…whether you're going to open the door in front of you or keep it closed. If you open the door... it's still up to you whether you set foot in there or not..."
While the three young people were still digesting that whole situation, Tessai opened the door of the room they were in.
Tessai: "Manager!! The Kuumon…Has begun its convergence…!
Urahara: "I see…The preparations?"
Tessai: "Complete!"
Urahara: "Right. Shall we go then?"
Tatsuki: "Hey! Wait, I–"
Urahara: "Are you coming along?"
Tatsuki/Orihime/Chad: "...Huh….?"
Urahara: "I'll allow you to watch. I want you to see for yourselves." - He said as he left the store, being followed by the three teenagers. - "I want you to see the world you are about to set foot in…and…the enemies you must face…"